One-Piece Flow vs. Batching: A Guide to Understanding How Continuous Flow Maximizes Productivity and Customer Value

by Charles W. Protzman and Dan Protzman

Book Overview

Although batching often appears more efficient than one-piece flow for individual tasks, the practice creates waste for other parts of the organization that more than offset its perceived benefits. A silent productivity killer, batching is an extremely difficult mindset to overcome and, as a result, numerous Lean initiatives have been destroyed by it. This book argues the case for one-piece flow over batching. It identifies the eight root causes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498726941
• ISBN13: 9781498726948
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"